Tire.



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TiRE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27| 19l4.

Witnesses Attumeys.

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JESSE LERIMER, 0F BBUGKLYN, NEW TUR/Ta.

.application filed November 37, 1914.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Jnssn P. LAnnrMnR,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Tires, of which the following is a specification.

rThe object l have in view is the production of an elastic spring tire for vehicles.

Another object is to produce a tire vvhich will have all of the resiliency of the pneumatic tire, Without its disadvantages.

A further object is to produce a tire which will be cheaper and :more durable than pneumatic tires now in use.

A further object is to produce means for adjusting the resiliency oi the Wheel'.

These and further objects will more fully appear from the following specification and accompanying drawings considered together or separately.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which the saine parts are designated by similar reference characters in all the figures Figure l is a partial `front vievv and partialA cross-section vol: a Wheel embodying iny invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional vievv of the tire; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

According to my invention the Wheel comprises a hub l, spokes 2, lfelly 3, and tire 4c. Carried on the telly at regular intervals around its periphery are toggles 5. Each 'toggle is composed of a pair of slotted arms 6 and 6 arranged at substantially right angles to each other and secured together by a bolt 'Y Which extends' through the slot so that the arms may pivot and also move relatively to each other in the direction of the slots. lrach bolt is provided with. a nut 8 and between the arm 8V and the nut is a spring 9, by which the pressure of the arms with each other may be varied and the resiliency of the tire adjusted.

Each arm 6 and 6a is providedat its outer end with a Wing l) and these wings are brought together at their'eatreinities to forno a support for a tread 16. T he inner end of each erin 6 is formed with a "Wing l1, and the arm on has a similar Wing lla. The Wings l1 and ll extend inward toward each. other and overlap with a space between them.

4Gerried by the telly 3 and adj arent to each Specification of Letters Patent.

'tween the telly and the Win latented Septa d, dell?,

Serial No. SMl.

toggle 5 is a plurality of studs l2 Which proiect radially toward the center of the tire 4, and surrounding each stud and disposed bell is a spiral spring 13. Surrounding eac -stud and disposed between the Wings 1l and 11 is a similar spring 14.

Carried on each Wing l0 is a bracket l5, and between the brackets and secured to the Wings is a tread 16. The tread extends around the periphery of the tire and may be formed of any suitable material,-that shown in the embodiment of my invention illustrated, being a laminated structure composed of strips of textile material embedded in a suitable plastic material. Secured to each bracket l5 is an annular shell 17 which reaches" from the tread to the telly and prevents the entrance ot dirt, grit, etc., to the Working parts of the tire, also taking up the side thrust and holding,n the springs straight.

ln the drawings l have shown the toggles as spaced around the elly a sliort distance apart, but it vvill be understood that they may be inade of such a shape that the parts l0, ll and ll of each ltoggle rnay be in actual contact 'with the corresponding part oit its neighboring toggle.

The operation of my improved tire is as ollovvsz ln rolling along roadway minor shocks will be 'talren up by the springs l and lll because of the relativ-e movement othe Wheel proper and the tir-e. When the 'Wheel strikes an obstruction and a heavy shock is imparted to the tread the arrns o and 6E of the toggle receiving the blovv will pivot on the bolt and at 'the saine tiri-e the slots in the arms will allo-w the arms to ride up on the holt and the shock transmitted to the springs 13 and le will be reduc-ed. The `Wings 10, ll and lia are of sufficient elasticity to talse part of the shock se that such shock is din vided among the 'following' elements, the Wings l0, the friction orm the arrns 6 and 6 at their crossing point, the Wing vlla, the springs le, the Wing il and the spring 13.

The rictional engagement of the arms e and o may be adjusted by ineens of the nut and the spring 9 to suit various conditions as to the Weight of' the vehicle, character of the roads over which the car may be expect-- ed to travel, speed of the ear, ete.

lt Tfvill be understood that instead of the holt and sprin r 9, any other forni of trio-3 tion device may e employed.

llie term toggle used lierein is intended. to describe two arms pivoted together such a manner as to allow relative longi= tndinal movement of tbe arms.

In accordance with tbe provisions of the patent statute, l have described the principle of my invention together with the apparatus which l now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but l desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letn ters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

l. A, vehicle tire having a telly-member and a tread, resilient arms interposed between tbe telly-member and tread, means for firictionally engaging the arms together, and means whereby the arms may move longitudinally relatively to each other.

2. A vehicle tire having a telly-member and a tread, resilient arms interposed between the telly-member and tread, adjnst able means for frictionally enga ing the arms togetlier, and means whereby t ie arms may move longitudinally relatively to each other.

3. A vehicle tire having a telly-member and a tread, intersecting resilient arms interposed between the telly-member and tread, a spring for cansing'frictional engagen ment between tbe arms, and means whereby the arms may move longitudinally' relatively to eacli other.

4C. A vehicle tire leaving a fellymember and a tread, crossed arns interposed between the fellyonember and tread, slots in the arms, a bolt passing rougb tbe slots to sem cure the arms togetner, and a spring causing rictional engagement or tlie armsu 5. A vehicle tire having a felly member, and a tread, resilient arms secured to the tread, means :for permitting relative longitudinal movement of the arms, and a cushioned connection between each arm and the telly-member.

6. A vehicle tire having a felly-inember andv a tread, a plurality of pairs of crossed arms carried by the tread, overlapping leaves on the arms, cushions between the leaves, and cushions between a leaf and the folly-member.

7. A vehicle tire having a felly-meinber and a tread, a pair of crossed arms carried by the tread, overlapping leaves carried by the arms, a connection between tbe tellymember and the leaves permitting relative movement or the telly-member and leaves, a spring cushion between the leaves and a spring cushion between the telly-member and a leafa 8. A veliicle tire, having a telly-member and a tread, a toggle interposed between the telly-member and tread, a spring cushion between tbe toggle and telly-member, brackets carried by the toggle the tread being secured to tbe toggle between the brackets.

9. A vehicle tire, having a telly-member and a tread, a toggle interposed between tbe telly-member and tread, a spring cushion between tlie toggle and telly-member, brackets carried by the toggle, the tread being secured to the toggle between tbe brackets, and shields carried by the bracket and entending from tbe tread to the elly-member.,

This specioation signed and witnessed this 5th day of November, 1914,`

JESSE LARlllillR.

Witnesses:

Jason JGHM Sonnoirr n,

Lorena., 

